When to Seek Medical Care

• Call or see a doctor if any of these conditions exist:



• The person or child bitten by a tick exhibits any weakness, lethargy, confusion, fever, numbness, headache, or rashes.



• The tick cannot be removed from the skin, or if any of the head and mouthparts remain after removal.



• Symptoms listed above persist or get worse.



• Pregnant individuals should inform their doctors of tick bites and particularly before they take any medications.



• Immunosuppressed individuals (for example those with HIV or cancer or who are receiving cancer chemotherapy) should inform their physicians of tick bites.


• Go immediately to a hospital's emergency department if a tick bite causes any of the following:



• fever,



• headache,



• confusion,



• weakness,



• numbness,



• vomiting,



• difficulty breathing, or



• palpitations.